The story
ZV Media is run by Michael Isbell, who records and performs as ZADAN, out of Fort Worth, Texas. It started with music. He was at the piano at six, and guitar, ukulele, saxophone, drums and trumpet came after. The songwriting started in his early teens, and music has been the driving force ever since.
Before any of it had a company name, he spent close to ten years on graphic design, branding, content and marketing for private clients. From 2015 to 2020 he ran social media operations at Ad.IQ in Costa Mesa, California, overseeing more than 1,800 client accounts and making logos, banners and marketing videos in Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
Michael B. Isbell Media launched in 2015 and became the name businesses and creators called. Zathena Ventures came next, built to go past personal branding. Media, music, podcasting and games now each have a house of their own, ZV Media, ZADAN, The Wednesday Wanderer and ZV Labs, all run by one team.
The aim is still the one MBIM set out with: connect, inform and entertain, and build lasting relationships through authentic content. That is why this set plays real reels, real frames and real songs, and nothing borrowed.
Zathena Ventures builds the websites, software and apps. When a job needs a camera, a mic or an edit, it comes here: the hub sells shoots and edits, and the bigger productions run through ZV Media. The podcast and ZADAN’s records are made by the same people.